Title :
Design of microwave amplifier using nonresonant slot matching
Author :
Kurup, D.G. ; Rydberg, A.
Author_Institution :
Signals & Syst. Group, Uppsala Univ., Sweden
fDate :
3/30/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A study into the application of nonresonant slots for impedance matching in microwave circuits is presented based on an evaluation of the performance of a low noise microwave transistor amplifier. Results show improved gain and noise figure characteristics for a slot matched amplifier compared to a microwave amplifier designed using transmission line stubs. Since the slots that are proposed appear in the ground plane of the active circuits, the size of the overall circuit is lower compared to that of an amplifier designed using transmission line stubs
Keywords :
impedance matching; integrated circuit noise; microwave amplifiers; microwave integrated circuits; gain; ground plane; impedance matching; low noise microwave transistor amplifier; noise figure characteristics; nonresonant slot matching; slot matched amplifier; transmission line stubs;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20000523
